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\caption{Placebo tests: Effects on the level of the outcome variables the year before the election}
\label{tab:placebo_baseline_level_year_m1}
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\toprule
& (1) & (2) & (3) & (4) & (5) & (6) & (7) & (8) \tabularnewline 
{}&{\textbf{Econ. perf.}}&{GDP p.c. gr.}&{(Minus) Inflation}&{(Minus) Unemp.}&{Trade}&{\textbf{HDI}}&{\textbf{Democ.}}&{\textbf{General index}} \tabularnewline
\midrule \addlinespace[\belowrulesep]
El. turn.&--0.090&0.012&--0.180&0.063&--0.097&--0.211&0.075&--0.080 \tabularnewline
&(0.081)&(0.135)&(0.141)&(0.168)&(0.168)&(0.165)&(0.109)&(0.084) \tabularnewline
p-val&[0.306]&[0.829]&[0.191]&[0.564]&[0.620]&[0.242]&[0.328]&[0.457] \tabularnewline
\midrule N&2201&1919&1893&1331&1771&1305&2188&2357 \tabularnewline
N eff.&1092&932&948&683&768&654&833&1244 \tabularnewline
Band.&21.4&21.0&20.9&22.0&17.4&21.2&15.2&23.2 \tabularnewline
\bottomrule \addlinespace[\belowrulesep]

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\\ \parbox{\linewidth}{\footnotesize \caption*{\footnotesize \emph{Notes}: This table reports estimates for equation (\ref{eq:baseline_rdd}) , using as a dependent variable the value of the outcomes in the year before the election.}}
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